Pronunciation dictionary
Words starting with H
92 published words, grouped by how many beats they take to say. Every entry shows its American IPA; open one for the British form, the stress, the usual slips and a recorder.
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Every H word we have published
1 syllable · 36 words
- had/hæd/
- hair/hɛɹ/
- half/hæf/
- hall/hɔl/
- hand/hænd/
- hands/hændz/
- hard/hɑɹd/
- hate/heɪt/
- have/hæv/
- he/hi/
- head/hɛd/
- health/hɛlθ/
- heard/hɝd/
- heart/hɑɹt/
- heat/hit/
- height/haɪt/
- heir/ɛɹ/
- held/hɛld/
- hell/hɛl/
- help/hɛlp/
- helped/hɛlpt/
- hence/hɛns/
- herb/ɝb/
- hi/haɪ/
- high/haɪ/
- hill/hɪl/
- hit/hɪt/
- hold/hoʊld/
- home/hoʊm/
- hope/hoʊp/
- host/hoʊst/
- hot/hɑt/
- house/haʊs/
- huge/hjudʒ/
- hurt/hɝt/
- hymn/hɪm/
2 syllables · 36 words
- hackneyed/ˈhæknid/
- handle/ˈhændəl/
- handles/ˈhændəlz/
- handout/ˈhænˌdaʊt/
- handsome/ˈhænsəm/
- happen/ˈhæpən/
- happened/ˈhæpənd/
- happens/ˈhæpənz/
- happy/ˈhæpi/
- harangue/hɚˈæŋ/
- having/ˈhævɪŋ/
- headcount/ˈhɛdˌkaʊnt/
- healthy/ˈhɛlθi/
- hearing/ˈhiɹɪŋ/
- heavy/ˈhɛvi/
- helping/ˈhɛlpɪŋ/
- higher/ˈhaɪɚ/
- highest/ˈhaɪəst/
- highlight/ˈhaɪˌlaɪt/
- highly/ˈhaɪli/
- hindrance/ˈhɪndɹəns/
- holding/ˈhoʊldɪŋ/
- holy/ˈhoʊli/
- homage/ˈɑmɪdʒ/
- hometown/ˈhoʊmˌtaʊn/
- homework/ˈhoʊmˌwɝk/
- honest/ˈɑnɪst/
- honour/ˈɑnɚ/
- hotel/hoʊˈtɛl/
- hour/aʊɚ/
- household/ˈhaʊsˌhoʊld/
- housing/ˈhaʊzɪŋ/
- human/ˈhjumən/
- husband/ˈhʌzbənd/
- hustle/ˈhʌsəl/
- hygiene/ˈhaɪˌdʒin/
3 syllables · 8 words
4 syllables · 8 words
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